Tough Quotes - Page 38

• Without parental guidance telling you there's another way to live it can be tough but my kids have an advantage over my life. I can tell them I know what it's like and that they don't ever want to go to the places I've been, whereas when I grew up, it was so accepted and normal that if you didn't do it, you were considered weird.

  Christian Hosoi

  Kids, Way To Live, Want

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• I think that as actresses - and I've definitely gone through this in a really bizarre way, because I worked so much and was really lucky with the roles that I got when I was younger - I remember hearing the older actors saying, "It gets tough," and thinking, "Really? I can't imagine."

  Winona Ryder

  Thinking, Lucky, Roles

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In fact, batteries haven't improved over the last 100 years as much as they would need to in order to make that happen. So I'm invested in a lot of battery companies - and there's a lot that exists I'm not in. They're all having a tough time achieving it.

  Bill Gates

  Order, Years, Tough Times

  "THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world". Interview with Drake Baer, www.businessinsider.com. February 22, 2016.

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• There's nothing easy about running for president, I can tell you. It's tough, it's nasty, it's mean, it's vicious, it's beautiful. When you win, it's beautiful. And we are going to start - we are going to start winning for our country.

  Donald Trump

  Beautiful, Running, Country

  "Donald Trump and Marco Rubio react to South Carolina primary results". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. February 21, 2016.

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• I am tough minded, but not hard hearted.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Hearted, Hard

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

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• I can be tough on actors, but I also let them know early on in our relationship what I expect from them.

  Ricky Schroder

  Actors, Our Relationship, I Can

  Source: 411mania.com

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• When I get to the White House, there will be no hesitation from me to make the tough decisions that need to be made because I've been doing it for the last 13 years as a former federal prosecutor and now as the governor of New Jersey.

  Chris Christie

  Years, White, House

  "Christie explains changed stance on gun laws; Trump Jr. talks father's candidacy; Fiorina scolds Clinton". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. January 6, 2016.

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• I don't think I'm lucky; I think I have a tough constitution. That's a lot of it. And I've been wise enough to listen to other people. I was unconsciously cultivating as many straight friends as I could.

  Iggy Pop

  Wise, Thinking, People

  "New Again: Iggy Pop". Interview With Lisa Robinson, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 23, 2016.

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• I think our message,the Clinton campaign was very strong. Remember, this is their fourth campaign in South Carolina. Two for Bill Clinton. Two for Hillary Clinton. They had it well organized. They did well. And Icongratulate them. We came into that state at something like 7 or 8 percent in the polls. It was a tough road for us to hoe. But I want to thank all of our supporters, the members of the South Carolina state legislature.

  Bernie Sanders

  Strong, Thinking, Two

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I love African food, I love Italian food, but I rarely eat Italian out because it's so easy to make at home. On the other hand, unless you have specialized equipment, Chinese food is really tough because you literally can't get the pan hot enough.

  Robert Sietsema

  Home, Italian, Hands

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• You need a strong, tough leader to restore America's greatness. This is the best person to do that.

  Chris Christie

  Strong, Greatness, America

  "All In with Chris Hayes, Transcript". www.msnbc.com. February 26, 2016.

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• It'd be hard to be a lead actor if I didn't have lips. Those are tough to graft back on.

  David Walton

  Actors, Lips, Hard

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• In 2012 Roger Ailes, you know, desperately tried to get who into the race? Chris Christie, a somewhat moderate if tough talking from a purple state. They were very interested this David Petraeus, a figure who served in the Obama administration as CIA chief.

  Donald Trump

  Race, Talking, Purple

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I also think you have to be very careful. I mean, the heritage of our company is very strong, and building some of these businesses into leading players is extremely tough. You and I can both build a trading business, and it looks like you're doing OK, and it looks like I'm doing OK. But, really, I am, and you aren't. It comes down to the quality of clients, quality of systems, quality of risk controls.

  Jamie Dimon

  Strong, Mean, Player

  "Jamie Dimon on Finance: 'Who Owns the Future?'". Interview with John Micklethwait, www.bloomberg.com. March 1, 2016.

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• Look, in any system, you want highly ethical people who really understand issues to form policies and make tough decisions. You need all the right people in the room. But there's a general view in Washington now by many politicians that if you ever were on this side, you're conflicted for being on that side.

  Jamie Dimon

  Views, Issues, People

  "Jamie Dimon on Finance: 'Who Owns the Future?'". Interview with John Micklethwait, www.bloomberg.com. March 1, 2016.

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• My operating assumption is we will always have very tough competition. And even with some European banks struggling right now, some of them can reemerge - and maybe even stronger.

  Jamie Dimon

  Struggle, Competition, Stronger

  "Jamie Dimon on Finance: 'Who Owns the Future?'". Interview with John Micklethwait, www.bloomberg.com. March 1, 2016.

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• I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.

  Alicia Keys

  Thinking, Alcohol, Drug

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.

  Alicia Keys

  Thinking, Environment, Certain

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I love the fact that we've made a film that not only the whole family can go to and enjoy but, you know, it's actually having an effect. You know, Rey's character is a tough woman who your 6-year-old can pick up a lightsaber now and go for it.

  Maryann Brandon

  Character, Years, Facts

  "'Star Wars' Editors Defy Hollywood Conventions". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 13, 2016.

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• The Broadway schedule is so tough, so relentless there was almost no time to enjoy all the stuff.

  John Cariani

  Schedules, Broadway, Stuff

  "It's ALMOST, MAINE for John Cariani!!!". Interview with TJ Fitzgerald, www.broadwayworld.com. January 4, 2006.

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• I think the last couple of years of life for many, many people are the same as they were 50, 60, 70 years ago. They could be really tough because of infirmity.

  Anna Quindlen

  Couple, Thinking, Years

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I do think that people who are now in their sixties and their seventies are living a different kind of life than their grandparents led, even in these tough times. A lot of them are more active, a lot of them are still working, which was not the case when our grandparents were in their sixties.

  Anna Quindlen

  Thinking, People, Grandparent

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I'm pretty confident that people are going to come along for the ride. If they don't, tough.

  Michael Gira

  People, Ifs, Along For The Ride

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I felt that people would criticize everything. I was so scared about playing Paris. I was very much aware that the greatest concerts my father and mother had done were there. I was sure people would be very tough.

  Charlotte Gainsbourg

  Mother, Father, Paris

  Interview by Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. January 5, 2012.

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• In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments.

  John Gimlette

  People, Environment, Paraguay

  Source: www.identitytheory.com

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